The
poll showed strong party support for both candidates, but Trump also
outpaced Clinton in this area: 88 percent of Tennessee Republicans
supported their party's nominee, compared to 80 percent support among
Tennessee Democrats for the former secretary of state.

Mark
Keida, icitizen's vice president of polling and research, said the
poll's biggest takeaway is that Trump has strengthened his support among
Republican voters in Tennessee, with 32 percent of supporters saying
they "strongly" favor Trump compared to 23 percent of Democratic voters
favoring Clinton with the same intensity.

"He's consolidating the Republican base, and I think that's the biggest story as to why he's ahead [in Tennessee]," Keida said.

The icitizen poll results were similar to the Nashville Business Journal'sunscientific poll of online readers
in a recent Business Pulse question, which ran from Friday until
Tuesday morning. In a two-horse presidential race, 53 percent of NBJ
readers favored Trump compared to 39 percent support for Clinton. Eight
percent said they would vote for neither candidate.

The
icitizen survey also asked specific questions on race relations and law
enforcement policy, two issues at the center of national attention.
Some interesting findings were:

Just over half, 51 percent, of Tennesseans think racism has gotten worse over the past few years.

92 percent of Tennesseans believe it is more dangerous to be a law enforcement officer today than it was in the past.

78
percent of respondents had a “great deal of confidence” in their state
and local law enforcement. More than eight in ten voters feel safe
around law enforcement officers.

More than two-thirds of
Tennesseans also favor the expansion of citizen oversight boards of
local law enforcement agencies. “Such favorability shows an increased
interest in community-oriented civic engagement that could potentially
lead to more people headed to the ballot box in November,” said icitizen
polling analyst Cynthia Villacis.